The Rutherford
Hospital Museum opened October of 2005 and was created because the Hospital
played an important role in Rutherford County history. The
design of the museum features vignettes that showcase several areas
of hospital life. It is a treasure trove of artifacts including many
pieces of medical equipment and furniture from earlier years at the
hospital. Other items were used privately by physicians in
Rutherford County who were once associated with the hospital.
Among the prized pieces of the collection are a massive
roll-top desk used by Dr. Henry Norris, one of the three founders of
Rutherford Hospital located in the Founders' Corners. He used the
roll-top desk in the 1906 hospital and later in the 1911 building.